The Hollywood Post Alliance, which holds an annual Technology Retreat focusing on the key issues faced by broadcasters and video production professionals, reports that pre-registration for its upcoming event on January 26-28, 2005 is nearly full. The gathering of some of the industry’s most influential engineers and executives is being held at the Marriott Rancho Las Palmas Resort, in Rancho Mirage, CA.

Representatives from all of the major networks, as well as the FCC and the Consumer Electronics Association, will be in attendance to provide insight and the latest regulatory developments regarding the transition to DTV.

The FAA’s current rules and proposed ban on flight over people, requirement of visual line of sight and restriction on nighttime flying, effectively prohibit broadcasters from using UAS for newsgathering. ~ WMUR-TV General Manager Jeff Bartlett